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Amoeblog posts marked with grease.Music History Monday: August 26<p>
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<font face="arial"><strong>On this day in music history: August 26, 1964</strong> - <strong>&quot;You Really Got Me&quot;</strong> by <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/123695/"><strong>The Kinks</strong></a> is released. <img alt="" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Nor Cal Bloggers/MusicHistoryMondayKinks.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 187px; float: right; margin: 7px;" />Written by <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/157377/"><strong>Ray Davies</strong></a>, it is the first major hit for the North London based rock band. Having released two previous singles that fail to make an impact, The Kinks will be pressured by their UK label Pye Records to deliver a hit record or be dropped from the label. After Davies writes &quot;You Really Got Me,&quot; he and the band will try the song with a number of different arrangements before finding the right one. The Kinks will record the track with American producer <strong>Shel Talmy </strong>at IBC Studios in London in July 1964. The single&#39;s trademark distorted guitar sound is achieved by lead guitarist <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/157345/releases#/view-list/order-released/direction-desc/page-1"><strong>Dave Davies</strong></a> slicing the speaker cone of his guitar amp with a razor blade. It will also be one of the first rock songs to feature power chords (perfect 5ths and octaves) rather than major or minor triads. This will lay the template for the hard rock and heavy metal music genres that will follow in the years to come. The song will hit #1 in the UK and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 28th. One of the records that will help define the &#39;60s &quot;British Invasion&quot; era, &quot;You Really Got Me&quot; is inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1999.</font><br />
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On this day in music history: August 26, 1967 - <strong>&quot;Ode To Billie Joe&quot;</strong> by <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/123958/"><strong>Bobbie Gentry</strong></a> hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks. Written by Bobbie Gentry (birth name Roberta Lee Streeter), it will be the biggest hit for the Mississippi born singer/songwriter. The cryptic story song about a young man committing suicide for unknown reasons is an immediate smash. Recorded at the Capitol Tower in Hollywood on July 10, 1967, the track will be completed in less than an hour of studio time. Arranger <strong>Jimmie Haskell</strong> will add the song&#39;s crowning touch by overdubbing violins and cellos to the spare arrangement. The unedited version runs over seven minutes and it pared down to just over four minutes. Originally issued as the B-side to her debut single &quot;Mississippi Delta,&quot; DJs will very quickly favor the flipside. &quot;Ode To Billie Joe&quot; will enter the Hot 100 at #71 on August 5, 1967 and it will rocket to the top of the chart just three weeks later. The song will also send Gentry&#39;s album (also titled <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/ode-to-billie-joe-touch-em-with-love-2-for-1-cd-bobbie-gentry/albums/287292/"><em><strong>Ode To Billie Joe</strong></em></a>) to #1 for five weeks (unseating <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/175931/"><strong>The Beatles</strong></a>&#39; &quot;Sgt. Pepper&#39;s Lonely Hearts Club Band&quot;), and winning her two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.<br />
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Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:13:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2013/08/behind-the-grooves/music-history-monday-august-26.htmlMusic History Monday: June 10<p>
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<strong>On this day in music history: June 10, 1972</strong> - &quot;The Candy Man&quot; by <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/151025/"><strong>Sammy Davis, Jr.</strong></a> hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, also topping the Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks on May 20th. Written by <strong>Anthony Newley</strong> and <strong>Leslie Bricusse</strong>, it is the biggest hit for the Harlem, NY-born singer, actor, and entertainer. The song is originally written for the film <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/search/dvds/?s=Willy%20Wonka#/view-list/order-added/direction-desc/page-1"><strong><em>Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory</em></strong></a> in 1971. The original version of the song is sung by actor <strong>Aubrey Woods</strong> in the film. Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. will record &quot;The Candy Man&quot; shortly after the release of <em>Willy Wonka</em> and is included on his album&nbsp;<strong><em>Sammy Davis Jr. Now!</em></strong>&nbsp;The track is produced by MGM Records president <strong>Mike Curb</strong>, legendary producer/arranger <strong>Don Costa</strong>, and <strong>Michael Viner</strong> (<a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/91592/releases#/view-list/order-released/direction-desc/page-1"><strong>Incredible Bongo Band</strong></a>). It also features background vocals by the<strong>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/175700/releases#/view-list/order-released/direction-desc/page-1">Mike Curb Congregation</a></strong> who had previously recorded it before Davis, but failed to chart with it. Entering the Hot 100 at #97 on March 11, 1972, it will climb to the top of the chart thirteen weeks later. &quot;The Candy Man&quot; will be certified Gold in the US by the RIAA, selling over two million copies in the US.<br />
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Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:03:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2013/06/behind-the-grooves/music-history-monday-june-10.htmlThe Art of the LP Cover- Exploitation Gallery<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Here's a batch of<strong> LPs</strong> that all capitalized on pop culture phenomena.<br />
<strong>Cleopatra</strong>, <strong>Saturday Night Fever</strong> and <strong>James Bond</strong> all had many releases riding on their coattails.&nbsp; <br />
<strong>Chicago</strong>, <strong>Chico &amp; The Man</strong> &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Marty Robbins</strong> probably had less.<br />
<strong>Hair</strong> probably has more exploitative emulators than any other movie. <br />
However, both of my Hair<strong> </strong>related images got lost somewhere in my computer's nether regions, so I'll have to include some the next time I cover this topic!</div>http://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2011/09/the-gone-world/the-art-of-the-lp-cover-exploitation-gallery.html
Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2011/09/the-gone-world/the-art-of-the-lp-cover-exploitation-gallery.html